Like the 6,000 other pre-orders.. been waiting for this one for a while :)
The complete iOS7 course was one of the most upvoted posts in Product Hunt history (http://www.producthunt.com/posts...) - and personally, I think this course is even better executed.
Like the last one, this course has over 300 videos to walk you step by step through building 14 different iOS8 applications. Let's try and get @nicholjs and @EliotArntz to answer any questions you might have.

John from bitfountain (co-creator of The Complete iOS 8 Course with Swift). Glad to be on Product Hunt and happy to answer any questions! The first 70% of the course is live now, with the rest being added weekly over the next 4 weeks. Hope you all enjoy the special deal today.
By the way, the iOS 7 Course is still free for Product Hunt users: http://bitfountain.io/course/the...

This is great. I've been struggling over the last couple of weeks with getting started building a little app for myself that may or may not be interesting to others. For an investment of less than $100 I'm pretty sure I'll be well on my way to making it reality.

how much coding knowledge does someone need to start this course? can they start from scratch or does it help to have a solid base?
Beyond just the Swift additions, how is this course different than the iOS7 course?

@benhoffman_ the course caters to absolute beginners. Of course past programming experience will get you a leg up, but we made the course assuming no prior knowledge.
Beyond Swift (a huge difference), we teach the new SDK, different apps, different and updated frameworks, and more.